Snap fastener device



Feb. M 19% M. mm ETAL 2,4973% SNAP FASTENER DEVICE Filed June 26, 1948 Patented Feb. 14, 1950 SNAP FASTENER DEVICE Miriam Isaac and Richard M. Rauncr, New York, N. Y.

Application June 26, 1948, Serial No. 35,346

3 Claims. (Cl. 24-217) This invention relates to fastener devices and 5 more particularly to snap button devices composed of male and female parts for detachably fixing in place preferably garment accessories, such as dickies, sanitary napkins, panty garters,

dress shields, shoulder pads, etc., on margins or edges of jackets, dresses and the like.

It is one of the primary objects of the invention to provide means facilitating ready cutting or piercing of layer or layers of fabric, leather and similar materials by the male part or stud to which the female part of the fastener device is joined.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means affording passage and guidance of through the layer or layers during piercing operation by said male part.

Yet a further object of the invention resides in the provision of means for disposing of the ward piece of the'inale part of the fastener device in modified form.

Fig. 5 shows a further modified form of the forward or end piece of the male part.

s the male or stud part of the fastener device guide element after the stud or male part has been brought into engagement position with the female part of the device.

It is another object of the invention to provide means rendering possible adjustability and interrespond in length to the thickness of the layers or margins of the materials to be attached to each other by said fastener device.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means ensuring construction of relatively fiat complementary (male and female) parts of the fastener device so that the same when mounted on a tape or similar carrier nevertheless comes to lie substantially flush with the layers of material to be first pierced or cut and subsequently assembled, whereby any clumsiness, unwieldiness and ungraceful cuter appearance of the layers of the material will effectively be avoided.

These and other objects of the invention will be pointed outin the following description and claims and illustrated. in the'acc'ompanying drawing which discloses, .by wayof. examplejthe principle of the invention and preferred modes which have been contemplated for applying said principle.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 a top plan view of a tape with complementary fastener parts secured thereto, made according to the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged and sectional view of the tape with said complementary fastener parts in engaged position and applied to two layers.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view partly in section of the tape of Fig. 1 with said complementary fastener parts in position before application.

Fig. 3a illustrates, partly in section, the forward or end piece of the male part adapted for interchangeability.

Fig. 4 shows a fragmentary view of the forchangeability of the stud or male part to cor- Fig. 6 shows a cross-sectional view taken along line 6-45 of Fig. 2.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing there is shown in Fig. l a tape ID on which is mounted metallic snap button means comprising male and female parts I i and I2 which are spaced from and are complementary to each other. Portion I3 of the tape I I) positioned between the fastener parts II and I2 forms in applied or engagement position of the latter a loop I4, whereas the free ends I5, I6 of the tape I0 form handles which may be'employed to facilitate disengage ment of the fastener parts from each other.

As can be seen in Fig. 2 the male part II consists of the plate portion I la carrying in fixed relation thereto a central, preferably conically shaped pin lib, which, in this instance, is provided at its forward end with screw threads I'I.

As can be seen from Fig.3 plate portion Ila of male part II is positioned substantially flush with the rear face Illa of the tape l0, whereas opposite plate portion I I0 comes to lie against the inner or front face Iflb of tape II] when said portions Ila and Ho are brought into tight fit engagement with each other. Plate portion He carries the hollow stem portion I Id which, in this particular instance, abuts against the removable stem portion with head or forward piece Ile of the male part II which head He has inner threads Ila for the engagement with threads ll of pin I Ib.

t is well understood that head or forward piece He can thus be replaced by a longer head II) as indicated in Fig. 3a whereby the effective length of the stud II may be varied, as desired. It is further to be noted, that stud I I may consist of the head proper extending into asingle hollow stem which engages with tight fit pin III) in assembled position ofthe male part on tape I0. Thus, the stem is made considerably longer than the head of the stud.

The female part I2 consists of hollow outer ring I2a adapted for position against rear face Illa of tape l0. Ring iZa is firmly engaged at I2b by the projecting part I2d of casing I20 which is rivetted in any suitable manner at I2b to ring I2a.

Casing I20 contains spring member I8 whose legs i811, 48b extend crosswise to opening I (Fig. 6) through which stud end He extends for the engagement of the constricted neck I9 of the stud with said spring legs in applied position of the fastener device.

As can be visualized from Fig. 3 forward stud piece He is provided with sharp cutting edges or burrs 22 which may be of any desired con- 3 figuration and may be made integral with the material of said stud. As seen in Fig. 3 cutting edges 22 extend radially from the tip 2! of the male or stud part H and terminate preferably short of said neck l9.

These cutting edges 22 serve the purpose of piercing any suitable material or materials, either placed in superposed position or successively one after the other, if it is desired to detachably assemble and to hold in position, say, the edge layer 23 of a dickey with an adjacent edge 24 of a jacket.

In Fig. 4 the forward end or head [to of the stud is conical and without any cutting edges but has a projecting guide and piercing element 20 which is weakened at the tip it or said stud for a purpose later referred to.

Fig. 5 illustrates a further modification of the stud structure with a forward end llh provided with a cutting edge 22a in spiral form and a piercing element 20 projecting from the tip 20 of said stud.

From the above disclosure it will be readily gathered that the cutting means 27. at the forward end piece He may be readily employed to cut and pierce through the aforesaid layers 23, 24 thus providing openings 23a, 24a therein which may be used for the passage of the stud H whenever the layers of material 23, 24 are to be held in place (on account of the engagement of stud H with female part [2) or to be disassociated and. disassembled (on account of disengagement of female part [2 from male part H by means of handles [5, [6).

If a stud is employed which is provided with the projecting piercing element 20 the latter provides an effective guide for stud I I when passing through the layers whereby said openings 23a, 24a will remain for renewed or repeated use.

It is well understood that, if piercing element 2% has once fulfilled its purpose, it may be broken oiT from stud II at its weakest point at 2| as soon as the stud is pushed into and comes into engagement with the complementary part [2. Piercing element 20 may also be removed in any other manner, as it is well obvious.

If the thickness of the layers of material to be assembled or joined together necessitates a longer stud the same can be either supplied by replacing stud end piece He by another one Ilf or a tape carrying a solid stud of corresponding length may be prepared, which has cutting and/ or piercing means at its advancing end.

As many possible embodiments may be made of the above invention, and as many changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matters hereinbefore disclosed are shown in the accompanying drawing, are to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense- Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

l. A fastener device for detachably joining together layers of pliable material in superposed positicn comprising snap button means including a male part and a female part engageable with one another, said male part including a conical head terminating in a pointed end, and cutting means extending radially from said pointed end and arranged on said head to thereby facilitate passage of said head of said male part through said layers for subsequent. engagemerit 0 2 said male part with said female part.

2. A fastener device for joining together layers of pliable material and for removal from each other; comprising snap button means including a male part and a female part, said male part including a conical head terminating in a pointed end, and piercing means projecting from the surface of said head and arranged to converge toward said pointed end of said head, said male part being. guided by said piercing means when the latter passes through said layers for engagement with said female part.

3. A fastener device comprising a male part. a female part, said male part being. complementary to said female part and including a stem term-inating in a head provided with a sonically shaped surface, the length of said stem being relatively longer than that of said head, and piercing means terminating in a pointed end. and extend- I ing on said conical surface of said head to facilitate perforation of pierceable material and to permit passage of said head through. the latter for location of said stem within the perforation and for separable engagement of said head with said female part.

MIRIAM ISAAC.

RICHARD M. RAUNER.

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